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I respectfully disagree. The US is not the only country with debt problems who is printing money: http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2009/05/now-euro-money-supply-out-of-control.html Many debtor nations around the world are printing money to pay their bills. They do not care if the value...

I asked the coin dealer over the weekend why he charges 20 cents more per coin for 2009 one ounce Silver American Eagles. He said that they put together rolls of Silver Eagles from prior years themselves from loose coins and it is possible that the coins may have some wear. However, the 2009...

I do not know how to play options expiration in gold, but here is a brief story that addresses your point: http://www.zerohedge.com/article/gold-set-hit-1200-within-24-hours

If buying pullbacks in an uptrend is called greed, then I guess I am guilty. I use fundamental analysis (supply and demand) to choose a market to trade and technical analysis to time my entry and place my stop losses. I like to see a pullback on declining volume to support and the commercial...

Hilarious. Why is it obvious to everyone in the world how idiotic our economic policies are and yet our educated government officials don't get it?

I am long GLD, SLV and GDX as well as several mining stocks. Even so, I keep hoping that gold will go down for a few days so I can buy more. A lot of people must be thinking the same thing because the only way to get in on a pullback for the last 3 weeks is intraday. Unless the Fed raises...

Because it has a 42.36% position in sugar, which has been trending down. This has been offsetting the rising price of wheat, soybeans and corn, which are held in smaller percentages. http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hl?s=DBA

Thanks. I already have that book saved on my Amazon account to purchase with my next order. I have heard from several sources that it is well-written, though very long.

The actions of the Federal Reserve to adjust interest rates are frequently mentioned in the news, but I have never fully understood what the Fed is or what else it does. I believe that most Americans also have no idea what the Fed is either. For some reason, it is shrouded in secrecy. The...

Thanks for the reply--your response was helpful. I have compared the prices of the online bullion dealers with several coin shops in my area and have found a local shop with competitive prices. I don't buy a lot of bullion, but when I do, I like to pay with cash so no one has a record of my...

When I have purchased rolls of Silver American Eagles in the past, the coin dealer gave me rolls from the 80's and 90's. He said that coins from the current year were in higher demand and sold at a premium. I kind of felt like he was getting rid of some old rolls that no one else wanted. Since...

I spoke with Everbank and they charge 0.75% to transfer funds in a money market from one currency to another. So if I transfer $10K, I pay $75. However, if I keep the money in my brokerage account, I only pay $8.95 to transfer the same amount of money into a currency ETF. I am interested in...

I am trying to decide whether to put some money into a basket of non-US currencies through Everbank to protect against further declines in the US dollar or whether to simply buy currency ETFs with the same money. Anyone have an opinion as to the pros and cons of these 2 approaches?

I found out that there is an Everbank branch in my city and I was going to open an account and put some money into the Australian dollar, Brazilian Real and the Euro to protect myself against the declining US dollar. However, they do charge fees and it is expensive to switch to different...

What does that mean? :confused:

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Thanks, that is reassuring. I have not considered trading the minis before, but another poster also recommended them in a different thread. He stated that the fills are good but the commission is higher, which is not surprising. I can check with my broker, but do you know off-hand what other...

I like trading commodities due to the edge sometimes provided by the seasonal tendencies and the COT report. However, the leverage of the commodity market often keeps me out of good trades. Despite their drawbacks, I prefer to trade ETFs that follow a single commodity, such as GLD, SLV, USO or...

Thanks for the suggestions, but I am reluctant to invest in ETNs. It is my understanding that insolvency by the ETN issuer for any reason causes the ETN holders to become general creditors in bankruptcy court.

With the commodity market dwarfing the stock market in size, I do not understand why there are not more commodity ETFs. We have USO, UNG, GLD and SLV each dedicated to a specific commodity. But why isn't there a pure corn, soybean, wheat, coffee, cocoa, sugar, lean hog and live cattle ETF? It...